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ktvu is live. firefighters tell us they were forced to take a defensive stance as flames shot 50 feet into the air. it took crews about an hour to put out the fire. >>> today severe weather is swept through the southern states from texas to florida with several tornado sightings. this video is from mobile alabama where an apparent funnel cloud touched down this evening it took down tree limbs and power lines and caused damage to homes, a high school and a church. at least 20,000 customers are without power. >>> an in louisiana a brave boater captured this waterspout on camera just north of new orleans. the spout formed over lake pontchartrain. new orleans and the surrounding areas remains on alert for tor -- tornadoes through the night. >>> the same storm system bringing a lot of snow to the sierra. a winter storm warning causing problems. >> reporter: these brake lights greeted drivers to the sierra. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: at times many went no faster than 10-miles-an- hour. and had dela
ktvu is live. firefighters tell us they were forced to take a defensive stance as flames shot 50 feet into the air. it took crews about an hour to put out the fire. >>> today severe weather is swept through the southern states from texas to florida with several tornado sightings. this video is from mobile alabama where an apparent funnel cloud touched down this evening it took down tree limbs and power lines and caused damage to homes, a high school and a church. at least 20,000...
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ktvu is live. firefighters tell us they were forced to take a defensive stance as flames shot 50 feet into the air. it took crews about an hour to put out the fire. >>> today severe weather is swept through the southern states from texas to florida with several tornado sightings. this video is from mobile alabama where an apparent funnel cloud touched down this evening it took down tree limbs and power lines and caused damage to homes, a high school and a church. at least 20,000 customers are without power. >>> an in louisiana a brave boater captured this waterspout on camera just north of new orleans. the spout formed over lake pontchartrain. new orleans and the surrounding areas remains on alert for tor -- tornadoes through the night. >>> the same storm system bringing a lot of snow to the sierra. a winter storm warning causing problems. >> reporter: these brake lights greeted drivers to the sierra. >> merry christmas. >> reporter: at times many went no faster than 10-miles-an- hour. and had dela
ktvu is live. firefighters tell us they were forced to take a defensive stance as flames shot 50 feet into the air. it took crews about an hour to put out the fire. >>> today severe weather is swept through the southern states from texas to florida with several tornado sightings. this video is from mobile alabama where an apparent funnel cloud touched down this evening it took down tree limbs and power lines and caused damage to homes, a high school and a church. at least 20,000...
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Dec 28, 2012
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thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you at 10:00 p.m.
thank you for trusting ktvu channel 2 news. we will see you at 10:00 p.m.
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Dec 24, 2012
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edition of ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 i'm jane katsuyama in for heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. a series of powerful storms slams the bay area. we're on storm watch with team coverage and we begin with ken pritchett with how wind affected people's plans today. >> reporter: ken, about half an hour ago it was a foggy drive over the bay bridge. right now it's as clear as it can be and that is how quickly things have changed. earlier this afternoon wind advisories for bay area bridges and the windiest we found was this morning in pacifica. with winds this strong, and waves this high, there was little doubt that the pacifica pier would be closed. >> i think the mayan apocalypse is running a few days late. >> reporter: we're told that the waves crashed he over the pier. >> it's so windy. >> elsewhere this storm led to localized flooding in scattered parts of the bay area. despite the mess, the constant rain, and wind, people braved the storm in union square. >> the flags are whipping. it's crazy loud. >> carrie keyes was one of many people who battled the wind to keep their umbrellas
edition of ktvu channel 2 news at 6:00 i'm jane katsuyama in for heather holmes. >> i'm ken wayne. a series of powerful storms slams the bay area. we're on storm watch with team coverage and we begin with ken pritchett with how wind affected people's plans today. >> reporter: ken, about half an hour ago it was a foggy drive over the bay bridge. right now it's as clear as it can be and that is how quickly things have changed. earlier this afternoon wind advisories for bay area...
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Dec 24, 2012
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but ktvu reporter tara found the drawbacks. >> reporter: you can take it for free on the worldwide web. >> no money investment. >> reporter: he got a job with the pal alto online advertising company after he completed 6 online courses in 2 months. >> thing about tech and hearing the value, no one pays attention to the credentialing. people more interested what you can do. >> there's this big area we try to get in. >> reporter: professor keith who teaches intro to math course at stanford, says this idea of education broadcast to the masses at no charge is unchartered territory. >> i have students in my course, -- >> reporter: this quarter 62,000 people signed up for his online course. at stanford, they were offer this january and what happens next, educators are calling nothing short of a phenomenon. >> 450,000 people i think registered and signed up. >> reporter: hannah isn't sure how she feels what people getting for free since she pay top dollars for. they help placed him in a job. >> i'm thinking about a year to get something comparable. >> reporter: professor said these three class
but ktvu reporter tara found the drawbacks. >> reporter: you can take it for free on the worldwide web. >> no money investment. >> reporter: he got a job with the pal alto online advertising company after he completed 6 online courses in 2 months. >> thing about tech and hearing the value, no one pays attention to the credentialing. people more interested what you can do. >> there's this big area we try to get in. >> reporter: professor keith who teaches...
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ktvu's care -- for children. ktvu's cara liu is live where they are holding a lock down which is meant to be fun and safe. >> reporter: we are three hours into the event, the music is going, kids are dancing, having a good time. a concert set to get underway in just over an hour. >> reporter: this is the church lock down. >> i have been in a jumper and it is so fun. >> we did the photo booth pictures. it is fun because it is free. >> it will be a long night but we are excited about that. >> reporter: 200 kids locked in the church for 24 hours. >> our chaperons are expecting to be up all night long with the goal the kids will go to sleep at some point but last year they didn't. >> reporter: she says her granddaughter has been waiting all week for this. >> it is awesome for the kids. and the more positive activities there are to get involved in the less trouble on the streets. >> we want the kids to look back and say, you know, i came, it put me on a path maybe i was not going to be on. and it changed my life. >> r
ktvu's care -- for children. ktvu's cara liu is live where they are holding a lock down which is meant to be fun and safe. >> reporter: we are three hours into the event, the music is going, kids are dancing, having a good time. a concert set to get underway in just over an hour. >> reporter: this is the church lock down. >> i have been in a jumper and it is so fun. >> we did the photo booth pictures. it is fun because it is free. >> it will be a long night but we...
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Dec 29, 2012
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in san francisco, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on u.s. reaction. the state department announced that they deeply regret the announcement. >>> crisis averted for now. a potentially crippling port strike is put on hold. what the two sides agree to today and how long it will last. >>> i'm still tracking some rain across parts of the bay area. coming up where the heaviest rain is >>> the u.s. senate approved $16 million in aid to victims of hurricane sandy. republicans said the bill included too much money for unrelated aid projects and tried to institute a measure with half the funding. the bill now moves to the house of representatives who reconvenes on sunday. there's no word if the bill will be considered before the current house session ends. >>> for the second time a man has been killed in new york after someone pushed him in front of an oncoming train. it happened late last night in a station in queens. now police are looking for a woman who witnesses say was sitting on a bench before shoving the 46-year-old man on to a track. witnesses say the
in san francisco, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on u.s. reaction. the state department announced that they deeply regret the announcement. >>> crisis averted for now. a potentially crippling port strike is put on hold. what the two sides agree to today and how long it will last. >>> i'm still tracking some rain across parts of the bay area. coming up where the heaviest rain is >>> the u.s. senate approved $16 million in aid to victims...
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in san francisco, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on u.s. reaction. the state department announced that they deeply regret the announcement. >>> crisis averted for now. a potentially crippling port strike is put on hold. what the two sides agree to today and how long it will last. >>> i'm still tracking some rain across parts of the bay area. coming up where the heaviest rain is falling right now. also shower chances for your saturday. >>> and a wide array of champane is a sure sign that new year's is here. how san francisco is getting ready. >>> the u.s. senate approved $16 million in aid to victims of hurricane sandy. republicans said the bill included too much money for unrelated aid projects and tried to institute a measure with half the funding. the bill now moves to the house of representatives who reconvenes on sunday. there's no word if the bill will be considered before the current house session ends. >>> for the second time a man has been killed in new york after someone pushed him in front of an oncoming train. it happened late last night i
in san francisco, ann rubin, ktvu channel 2 news. >>> more details now on u.s. reaction. the state department announced that they deeply regret the announcement. >>> crisis averted for now. a potentially crippling port strike is put on hold. what the two sides agree to today and how long it will last. >>> i'm still tracking some rain across parts of the bay area. coming up where the heaviest rain is falling right now. also shower chances for your saturday....
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s investigation into the movement. >>> and the ktvu app is ready to download. you can watch all our newscasts live, plus drive time traffic, bay area weather and video breaking news any time anywhere. >>> a new study shows a link between adolescent use and focus. a dutch study focused on teens who suffered from hallucinations and delusions were likely to use pot earlier than most teens and adults. researchers say the study couldn't cause one or the other. the study followed up on earlier findings that concluded that teens who used marijuana were twice as likely to develop psychosis compared with teens who never smoked pot. >>> in iraq, tensions are heating up. thousands of sunny's turned out to call for the overthrow of the government who is dominated by shiite muslims. the latest controversy -- finance minister who is an sunni. >>> today, marks eight years since the devastating earthquake and tu suh unanimousy rocked thailand. prayer services were held today to remember the disaster. the u.n. called it the worst natural disaster to hit thailand. it devastated
s investigation into the movement. >>> and the ktvu app is ready to download. you can watch all our newscasts live, plus drive time traffic, bay area weather and video breaking news any time anywhere. >>> a new study shows a link between adolescent use and focus. a dutch study focused on teens who suffered from hallucinations and delusions were likely to use pot earlier than most teens and adults. researchers say the study couldn't cause one or the other. the study followed up...
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welcome to the ktvu channel 2 morning nows. >> i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. let's start off with a quick look at your weather. steve paulson back with a look at this storm coming our way. little one? >> little one. it's coming down the coast. it will probably hug the coast but increasing clouds right now. rain offshore. highs today in the upper 40s or low 50s. and maybe rain later. here is traffic. >>> we have a look at the east shore freeway where traffic is looking pretty good at this hour. you can see the headlights at westbound as you make your way toward the bay bridge. san francisco 101 this is a look there. you can see traffic on the right hand side toward sfo looking good. let's head back to the desk. >>> we begin with breaking news from oakland. police are investigating three homicides. there are two different scenes. one in oakland. one in west oakland and one in east oakland. ktvu alex savidge is live on walnut street. good morning, alex. >> reporter: good morning. the sergeant here on scene told me in this case a woman was found stabbed to death e
welcome to the ktvu channel 2 morning nows. >> i'm claudine wong in for pam cook. let's start off with a quick look at your weather. steve paulson back with a look at this storm coming our way. little one? >> little one. it's coming down the coast. it will probably hug the coast but increasing clouds right now. rain offshore. highs today in the upper 40s or low 50s. and maybe rain later. here is traffic. >>> we have a look at the east shore freeway where traffic is looking...
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ktvu channel 2 news. >>> light rail system is announcing 25 years of service. the valley transportation authority has been compared to other light rail systems. it found taxpayers subsidize 85%. the light rail costs 1/3 more to operate but carries 30% fewer riders. >>> whale traffic will be counted as they enter the bay area. the whales of course migrate up and down the california coast. in 2010 five whales died from ship collisions near san francisco. >>> tracking some showers that are headed our way. but the latest computer models sort of back off in the showers for friday night, saturday. we're going to get to that. here's the system we talked about it. it's motion is something like this so it's working it's way down the coast. just a different kind of emotion for this storm. right now we have loud in the bay area. by santa -- right now we have clouds in the bay area by santa monica. in some places it'll be low visibility in the morning hours especially in the valley. a high surf advisory goes into effect. it's going to be fairly sizable. high surf advisory
ktvu channel 2 news. >>> light rail system is announcing 25 years of service. the valley transportation authority has been compared to other light rail systems. it found taxpayers subsidize 85%. the light rail costs 1/3 more to operate but carries 30% fewer riders. >>> whale traffic will be counted as they enter the bay area. the whales of course migrate up and down the california coast. in 2010 five whales died from ship collisions near san francisco. >>> tracking...
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ktvu channel 2 news. >>> light rail system is announcing 25 years of service. the valley transportation authority has been compared to other light rail systems. it found taxpayers subsidize 85%. the light rail costs 1/3 more to operate but carries 30% fewer riders. >>> whale traffic will be counted as they enter the bay area. the whales of course migrate up and down the california coast. in 2010 five whales died from ship collisions near san francisco. >>> tracking some showers that are headed our way. but the latest computer models sort of back off in the showers for friday night, saturday. we're going to get to that. here's the system we talked about it. it's motion is something like this so it's working it's way down the coast. just a different kind of emotion for this storm. right now we have loud in the bay area. by santa -- right now we have clouds in the bay area by santa monica. in some places it'll be low visibility in the morning hours especially in the valley. a high surf advisory goes into effect. it's going to be fairly sizable. high surf advisory
ktvu channel 2 news. >>> light rail system is announcing 25 years of service. the valley transportation authority has been compared to other light rail systems. it found taxpayers subsidize 85%. the light rail costs 1/3 more to operate but carries 30% fewer riders. >>> whale traffic will be counted as they enter the bay area. the whales of course migrate up and down the california coast. in 2010 five whales died from ship collisions near san francisco. >>> tracking...
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ktvu's kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom now breaking down -- this is very complicated exactly where we are right now. >> reporter: the u.s. senate pulled an all-nighter to do its part to avoid automatic income tax hikes and deep government spending cuts but the house has yet to approve the measure. senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein voted with the majority of the senate to extend the current tax rates for households making less than $450,000 a year and individuals making less than $400,000. but all of us will see less in our paychecks this year. that's because the senate measure did not extend the payroll tax holiday, meaning workers will lose out on another 2% of their pay. the senate move does extend federal unemployment benefits for 2 million americans for one year and it puts a freeze on congressional pay just days after president obama said they should get a raise. but much more is on the line in the coming weeks. the senate has put off dealing with government spending cuts for another two months and
ktvu's kyla campbell is in our washington, d.c. newsroom now breaking down -- this is very complicated exactly where we are right now. >> reporter: the u.s. senate pulled an all-nighter to do its part to avoid automatic income tax hikes and deep government spending cuts but the house has yet to approve the measure. senators barbara boxer and dianne feinstein voted with the majority of the senate to extend the current tax rates for households making less than $450,000 a year and...
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this is a picture from our ktvu tower cam. the bottom of your screen there, you can see oakland police officers standing there. earlier, we could see the yellow tarp near where they are. officers tell us the kayaker took the body to those docks and then called police for help. it's unclear at this point how that person died. there was no identification on the body. and right now, no one at the waterfront recognizes him. so this investigation will continue. as you can see again, a body found in the estuary in oakland. >>> time now, 9:44. let's recap top stories this morning. another winter storm expected to dump several inches of snow on the east coast today. 2 to 4 inches expected to snow from southern illinois to new jersey. forecasters say the storm is expected to be smaller, though, than the last one they did have. >>> firefighters, vechting a fire at a bank in fremont. it happened at the california bank and trust on fremont boulevard. the bank was boarded up and a guard watched the property overnight to protect the money i
this is a picture from our ktvu tower cam. the bottom of your screen there, you can see oakland police officers standing there. earlier, we could see the yellow tarp near where they are. officers tell us the kayaker took the body to those docks and then called police for help. it's unclear at this point how that person died. there was no identification on the body. and right now, no one at the waterfront recognizes him. so this investigation will continue. as you can see again, a body found in...